TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

CHAPTER I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SUBCHAPTER O - POLLUTION

PART 151 - VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER

subpart a - IMPLEMENTATION OF MARPOL 73/78 AND THE PROTOCOL ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE ANTARCTIC TREATY AS IT PERTAINS TO POLLUTION FROM SHIPS

151.57 - Waste management plans.

  (a) This section applies to the following: (1) Each manned oceangoing ship (other than a fixed or floating platform) of 40 feet or more in length that is documented under the laws of the United States or numbered by a state and that either is engaged in commerce or is equipped with a galley and berthing.

  (2) Each manned fixed or floating platform that is (i) Documented under the laws of the United States; or (ii) Operating under the authority of the United States, including, but not limited to, a lease or permit issued by an agency of the United States.

  (b) The master or person in charge of a ship under paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section shall ensure that the ship is not operated unless a waste management plan meeting paragraph (c) of this section is on the ship and that each person handling garbage follows the plan.

  (c) Each waste management plan under paragraph (b) of this section must be in writing and (1) Provide for the discharge of garbage by means that meet Annex V of MARPOL 73/78, the Act, and 151.51 through 151.77; (2) Describe procedures for collecting, processing, storing, and discharging garbage; and (3) Designate the person who is in charge of carrying out the plan.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2115 0120) [CGD 88002A, 55 FR 18582, May 2, 1990]